LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A year ago, Andre Drummond’s current and future schools both won championships.

The 6-foot-10 Drummond was the MVP as St. Thomas More of Oakdale, Conn., won the National Prep championship in New Haven.

Drummond also watched as the home-state Huskies — the school he surprisingly enrolled in last August — made a dramatic run through the Big East and NCAA championships.

“I watched them at my house,” Drummond told SNY.tv Wednesday inside the UConn locker room here. “I was going through my own tournament as well because I won a national championship in high school, so it was just great watching them win the whole thing.”

A year ago, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist’s current and future schools both lost championships.

The 6-7 Gilchrist starred alongside teammate Derrick Gordon at Elizabeth (N.J.) St. Patrick, which lost the mythical national high school championship game to St. Anthony.

After winning the East Regional in nearby Newark, Gilchrist’s future team, Kentucky, fell to UConn in the national semifinals in Houston.

“Just that last game, it was just crazy,” Gilchrist told the Louisville Courier-Journal of the St. Anthony game. “But I love St. Patrick’s High School. I love it.”

Now, one year later, Drummond and Kidd-Gilchrist are part of a group of super-talented freshmen here in Lousville and the two could meet in the third round on Saturday.

That group includes Drummond’s teammate Jeremy Lamb and Kentucky’s Anthony Davis and Marquis Teague.

Four of those players are projected by the Website DraftExpress to go within the first 12 picks of this year’s NBA Draft: Davis at No. 1, Kidd-Gilchrist at No. 2, Drummond at No. 4 and Lamb at No. 12. Kentucky sophomore Terrence Jones is projected to go at No. 11.

“There are a lot of good players there,” one veteran NBA scout who planned to come to the games here told SNY.tv.

Both Drummond and Kidd-Gilchrist have said they will return to campus next year, but who knows what that means at this point.

About Adam Zagoria

Adam is a Basketball Insider for NBA.com and SNY.tv, where he covers basketball at all levels.

He is the author of two books, including "She's Got Handle," called "The 'Hoop Dreams' of the 21st Century" by The New York Times. His second book, "ULTIMATE: The First Four Decades," documents the colorful history of Ultimate Frisbee and was profiled in Sports Illustrated.

An award-winning journalist, his articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, Sports Illustrated, SLAM, Basketball Times and newspapers nationwide.

A veteran Ultimate player, Adam has competed in numerous World & National Championships, and his teams won the Westchester Summer League titles in 2011 & 2013.

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